hyperdrive

noun

hy·​per·​drive ˈhī-pər-ˌdrīv How to pronounce hyperdrive (audio)

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Getting into, and staying in, hyperspace requires a functioning hyperdrive. Richard Edwards, Space.com, 14 Mar. 2025 Jon Favreau: Favreau is responsible for launching the Marvel Cinematic Universe with 2008’s Iron Man, successfully launching Star Wars into TV hyperdrive with 2018’s The Mandalorian and is directing the first new Star Wars film since 2019 with his upcoming The Mandalorian & Grogu. James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2025 Combine all this with some uncommonly impressive firepower (seriously, this thing could punch a hole in a capital ship), the ARC-170 was well-adept for the fierce battles that defined the Clone Wars as well as deep-space missions, thanks to its planet-hopping hyperdrive. Zarnon Kalgon, Popular Mechanics, 4 May 2023 Select passengers can even thrust the Millennium Falcon into hyperdrive — easily every Star Wars fan's life-long dream. Carlye Wisel, Travel + Leisure, 2 Feb. 2023 See All Example Sentences for hyperdrive

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First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hyperdrive was in 1973

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“Hyperdrive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hyperdrive. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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